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Date(s)
- 1856 - 1862 (Creation)
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Context area
Archival history
Das Geheime Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (GSTA PK) ist in Berlin ansässig und besitzt historisch wertvolle Bestände bzw. Dokumente zu Brandenburg-Preußen.
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Scope and content
approx. 180 sheets, contains among others: - Establishment of a steam navigation company on the Red Sea - Expedition of the Viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Said, to Sudan - Planning of an expedition to the sources of the Nile by Count Stanislas d'Escayrac de Lauture - Planning for the construction of a Suez Canal - Relations between Muhammad Said and the Emperor of Abyssinia, Theodor II. - French excavations at Memphis and Heliopolis - Prince Alfred of Great Britain's stay in Alexandria - State of the Egyptian military - Assassination of the consuls of Great Britain and France in Jeddah (Arabia) - Measures against the spread of the plague in Lower Egypt - Expedition of Theodor of Heuglin to find the lost African explorer Eduard Vogel;
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Legation of Constantinople after 1807 (holdings)
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Language of material
- German
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
deutsch